A ROSE named after the young wartime diarist Anne Frank is to be planted in York in memory of the 150 Jews who were massacred in Clifford’s Tower in 1190.

The planting of the Souvenir d’Anne Frank rose will take place on Friday 10.30am in Tower Gardens, attended by children from Knavesmire Primary School and the Lord Mayor of York, Coun David Horton.

Also attending will be cast members of a new music and theatre work, also called Souvenir d’Anne Frank, which will be performed at York Theatre Royal, on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31.